linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: avoid null pointer dereference on null disk

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Message-ID: <47f5fa8a-136f-a7c3-d713-363983653d2d@kernel.dk>
Date:   Fri, 10 Nov 2017 08:26:36 -0700
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: avoid null pointer dereference on null disk

On 11/06/2017 10:53 AM, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> It is possible that the pointer disk can be null and hence
> we can get a null pointer deference when accessing disk->flags.
> Add a null pointer check to avoid the dereference.

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe